While the world beyond was fraught with shifting currents and deceit, Jiaping City remained as still as a stagnant pool.
The only change was that the Jiangyin Marquis Manor, once heavily guarded, had seen its sentries removed overnight. Yet, the vast manor was hardly a place of joy. With the only two heads of the household—an old woman and a young girl—currently away from the estate, the sprawling mansion felt as aimless as loose sand.
Ruhuahua had been brought into the palace by the Imperial Guard at the break of dawn. For a young, unmarried lady to be whisked away to live in the palace was, by any measure, scandalous and improper. Yet, that was exactly what had happened.
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